Not at all surprised to read this. Attorneys have collaborated for decades on inventing ways to access other sources of income, even to the point of inventing maladies like cancer-causing cell phones. If anyone maintains that tort law is a form of justice, then their lives have not yet been touched by a trial attorney. Unlike criminal law, where one is innocent until proven guilty, when you’re sued you ARE guilty until you spend enough time and money to either negotiate a conclusion or the fortuitous results of a jury. Win or lose, both sets of lawyers laugh all the way to the bank. This is why Tort Reform is so important……
I agree, but try to get Tort Reform done with a Congress crawling with lawyers. That is why Tort Reform was not put into Obamacare. They will never want to kill the goose that laid the golden egg.
Not at all surprised to read this. Attorneys have collaborated for decades on inventing ways to access other sources of income, even to the point of inventing maladies like cancer-causing cell phones. If anyone maintains that tort law is a form of justice, then their lives have not yet been touched by a trial attorney. Unlike criminal law, where one is innocent until proven guilty, when you’re sued you ARE guilty until you spend enough time and money to either negotiate a conclusion or the fortuitous results of a jury. Win or lose, both sets of lawyers laugh all the way to the bank. This is why Tort Reform is so important……
I agree, but try to get Tort Reform done with a Congress crawling with lawyers. That is why Tort Reform was not put into Obamacare. They will never want to kill the goose that laid the golden egg.